When the blaze in Moscow subsided on September 18, 1812, the French—who had traveled hundreds of miles into Russia—were left ...

COLUMN. In 1812, the United States boasted more joint-stock companies than any other nation, with nearly half of them being ...

The U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812 capped off years of tensions, in part over seizures of American ships and sailors as Britain fought a string of wars with France.

For roughly 15 years there was a fairly large portion of Louisiana that was officially dubbed The Neutral Strip, meaning the ...

The remains of one of Napoleon's favourite generals have been returned to France, two years after they ... during the French invasion of Russia in 1812. He had to have his leg amputated and ...

"Judgment of Paris" by Guillaume Lethière, 1812. How does the bastard son of a white plantation owner and mixed-race slave ...

defined as lasting between 1793–1812. Mahan recounts chronologically the major naval battles and campaigns between Britain and France and their allies, analysing the different naval strategies used ...

Insights Some generals went on to become President of the United States.  All of the generals became well-known because of ...

France was the first to agree to trade with the ... to Congress and the legislators voted to go to war against Great Britain on June 18, 1812. Planning to annex Canada, the Americans found ...

The Emory is London’s first all-suite luxury hotel, with architecture and interiors by some of the world's top designers.

Napoleon’s decision to invade Russia in 1812 is considered the beginning of his end ... Maybe if Napoleon had turned back ...

While he held that post Madison strongly protested against both France and Britain’s continuous seizure of ... the largest ...